Pentium 987 vs Celeron G1620

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2464not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.69no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date3 December 2012 (11 years ago)1 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$208$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.7 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate5 GT/s4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die size94 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1155FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi--
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Key-no data
Anti-Theft--

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB16.38 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/s21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video HD--
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz1 GHz
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported32
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron G1620 1560
+137%
Pentium 987 657

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron G1620 415
+82%
Pentium 987 228

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron G1620 725
+84.9%
Pentium 987 392

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 December 2012 1 February 2013
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 17 Watt

Celeron G1620 has a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium 987, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 223.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron G1620 and Pentium 987. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Celeron G1620 is a desktop processor while Pentium 987 is a notebook one.


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